In line with what i mentioned in my post on Beef, I am making very conscious choices in terms of my own consumption of meat. And that means avoiding lamb

I simply cannot agree with consumption of lamb. Lambs are slaughtered for their meat at between when lambs are between 4 to 6 months old. When I go past lambs that young in the fields near where I live, when I see lambs that young bouncing around and being so playful and friendly, I know in my heart it is cruel to cut that life short.

I instead believe in giving sheep a full life. Hogget is meat from animals that are slaughtered at between 1 and 2 years old.  Mutton comes from animals aged 2 years or older, who have been given a full life.

Please choose Mutton and Hogget. Please buy from locally sourced, organically fed, pasture raised farms. Ask your local butcher for a farm source like this. Or find an farm yourself like Kite’s Nest farm run by the inspriational Rosamund Young and buy from there. And please – avoid lamb

Please note: the nutritional details in this post are for lamb as that is the only data available.

PRIMARY MICRO NUTRIENTS	Vitamin B12, Selenium, Zinc, Iron,  Phosphorus, Copper, Vitamin B2, B3, B5
SECONDARY MICRO NUTRIENTS	Magnesium, Vitamin B1, B6, Folate, Vitamin K
NUTRITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS and NOTES
FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS
ADVICE

Lamb, ground, cooked, broiled
Nutrient	Unit	per 100 g	% RDA
Water	g	55.09
Energy	kcal	283
Protein	g	24.75
Total lipid (fat)	g	19.65
Carbohydrate, by difference	g	0
Fiber, total dietary	g	0
Sugars, total	g	0
Minerals
Calcium, Ca	mg	22	2.2%
Iron, Fe	mg	1.79	22.4%
Magnesium, Mg	mg	24	5.7%
Phosphorus, P	mg	201	28.7%
Potassium, K	mg	339
Sodium, Na	mg	81
Zinc, Zn	mg	4.67	42.5%
Copper, Cu	mg	0.128	14.2%
Manganese, Mn	mg	0.024	1.0%
Selenium, Se	µg	27.7	50.4%
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid	mg	0	0.0%
Thiamin	mg	0.1	8.3%
Riboflavin	mg	0.25	19.2%
Niacin	mg	6.7	41.9%
Pantothenic acid	mg	0.66	13.2%
Vitamin B-6	mg	0.14	8.2%
Folate, total	µg	19	4.8%
Choline, total	mg	93.4
Betaine	mg	12.3
Vitamin B-12	µg	2.61	108.8%
Vitamin A, IU	IU	0	0.0%
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	mg	0.14	0.9%
Vitamin D	IU	2	0.3%
Vitamin K (phylloquinone)	µg	5.3	4.4%
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated	g	8.12
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated	g	8.32
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated	g	1.4
Cholesterol	mg	97
Amino Acids
Tryptophan	g	0.289
Threonine	g	1.059
Isoleucine	g	1.194
Leucine	g	1.925
Lysine	g	2.186
Methionine	g	0.635
Cystine	g	0.295
Phenylalanine	g	1.008
Tyrosine	g	0.832
Valine	g	1.335
Arginine	g	1.47
Histidine	g	0.784
Alanine	g	1.488
Aspartic acid	g	2.178
Glutamic acid	g	3.591
Glycine	g	1.209
Proline	g	1.038
Serine	g	0.92

Additional informational resources

Healthline

WH Foods

Dr Axe